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i'm with china centric television in washington, d.c. and my question is regarding china but in relation to the global financial crisis, what policy decisions and actions which are like to see from china in the coming months? >> i think policy decisions have been announced already very much so. i'll distinguish between short-term and medium-term. short term there's an announcement of stimulus that apparently gives towards yet more for structure projects, more public spending, some financing of sne but not particularly in five years. i think it goes in the right direction. less monetary tightening as well and stimulus. but in the medium term, what certainly is called for quite a lot by the two the new leaders is a model of growth that is more geared towards, or rather fueled by consumption by the domestic market growth rather than growth of export towards other countries. you will argue that this is a change that is induced by the external circumstances. china thinks about it, and looks at its interior market to actually have the degree a
i'm with china centric television in washington, d.c. and my question is regarding china but in relation to the global financial crisis, what policy decisions and actions which are like to see from china in the coming months? >> i think policy decisions have been announced already very much so. i'll distinguish between short-term and medium-term. short term there's an announcement of stimulus that apparently gives towards yet more for structure projects, more public spending, some...
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george washington didn't. but that is very rare. even someone like james madison who didn't like or was great at it, he screwed himself up and wrote 29 federalist papers which were op-ed pieces in newspapers. so these guys, these men, know that they have to put themselves out there for the american public, which is their con constitute tune si. >> host: no it alls. >> guest: well, know it alls. they were well educated. it's a little country. the colleges we have -- he have a handful of colleges. they're tiny. harvard or kings college, which becomes columbia, or yale or princeton, they have a few dozen students. unlike the thousands that they have today. but most of these men were college graduates. those who weren't made sure they read all their lives. they felt they had to be up on both the news of the day and the political theory of the day. they all knew their -- if you listen to their debates you would have thought that moscue the celebrate. and the knew their english history, their recent english history and they're ancient his
george washington didn't. but that is very rare. even someone like james madison who didn't like or was great at it, he screwed himself up and wrote 29 federalist papers which were op-ed pieces in newspapers. so these guys, these men, know that they have to put themselves out there for the american public, which is their con constitute tune si. >> host: no it alls. >> guest: well, know it alls. they were well educated. it's a little country. the colleges we have -- he have a handful...
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especially in washington. let me talk just a little bit about, i want to talk about your department's role vis-a-vis other agencies that have a stake in this. and, obviously, you are looking primarily at the civilian domain, the national security agency is looking at intelligence community and defense, but there's a partnership there. and i often hear people say the nsa's going to be providing technical expertise, tech assistance to the homeland security department. what does that mean? i think a lot of people see that, and i -- they think is a bunch of nsa guys sitting in your office with their technology, and you will be the face of it, but the guts is going to be coming out of the military. >> um, actually, we already work very closely with the nsa. we have people located at the nsa and with the fbi. so you really are a three-legged stool. you got the nsa -- you've got the nsa which is responsible for intelligence and intelligence gathering abroad, you've got the fbi which is often the lead when there's an
especially in washington. let me talk just a little bit about, i want to talk about your department's role vis-a-vis other agencies that have a stake in this. and, obviously, you are looking primarily at the civilian domain, the national security agency is looking at intelligence community and defense, but there's a partnership there. and i often hear people say the nsa's going to be providing technical expertise, tech assistance to the homeland security department. what does that mean? i think...
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it comes from people in washington and it comes from you. >> bennett? >> sam, i'd like to see us, i'd like to see us sponsor a grover norquist type pledge. only i'd like to see our pledge say that i pledge to work on a bipartisan basis to seek a grand bargain with everything on the table, and put it out there and see who refuses to sign that. >> thank you very much, bennett. is that the way you do it in louisiana? [laughter] >> thank you very much. bill brock. >> it's wonderful how may people of your don't have an accent. [laughter] two or three things. first, i pretty much agree with bennett. kim says we've got a plethora of ways. the first commitment we have to make is to come as bennett said earlier, go big. goes welcome have the same component and same problem. if you're going to do it, do it and do it anyway that receives the kind of support you need and gets to problems. new ideas, there's some new ideas out on the table. consumption tax is being discussed in this country, but it's worth talking under the solutions. size, composition and enforceme
it comes from people in washington and it comes from you. >> bennett? >> sam, i'd like to see us, i'd like to see us sponsor a grover norquist type pledge. only i'd like to see our pledge say that i pledge to work on a bipartisan basis to seek a grand bargain with everything on the table, and put it out there and see who refuses to sign that. >> thank you very much, bennett. is that the way you do it in louisiana? [laughter] >> thank you very much. bill brock. >>...
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he's present a guest scholar at brookings as well as the fellow at george washington university. so it's a great line up with a lot of expertise. we are looking for to hearing from them and then we'll turn it over to you for questions. mike, why don't you start it out? >> and, of course, peter has written the most important book on the country on robotics and the future, it's of course we hope our moderator won't be shy as we get questions on these technologies and other matters from either shortly. and thank you for being here as well instead of going to the redskins tickertape arrayed, maybe going on or play hooky and going to the golf course, and, of course, while we are speaking of dates in history a brief word, today september 10, tomorrow is the 11th anniversary of 9/11 and i think a brief word just to think office have done so much to hold a country together and protected the last 11 years, including many women in uniform but also first responders, also everyday americans, their families, allies today, remembrance and a day of thank you's as well. so let me add that. i wan
he's present a guest scholar at brookings as well as the fellow at george washington university. so it's a great line up with a lot of expertise. we are looking for to hearing from them and then we'll turn it over to you for questions. mike, why don't you start it out? >> and, of course, peter has written the most important book on the country on robotics and the future, it's of course we hope our moderator won't be shy as we get questions on these technologies and other matters from...
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responsible for jurisdiction which is comprised of states from maine to washington, d.c. would also have stephen peake, ph.d, is a medical director and in the i might add, medical director for the senior care division at blue cross blue shield of tennessee. we have michael clark, jd, chief administrative officer and general counsel at the scooter store. i think this might of been the entity that i continue to see these advertisements with. and then jerome epplin, indeed, was a family practitioner at the litchfield family practice center in litchfield illinois and also trained students in southern illinois university. and 2010 receive the american geriatrics society clinician of the year award. now that i filibustered by introducing a but on the front and hoping that some of my colleagues would be your, if you would go ahead and start i would appreciate it and certainly the meeting is now in order. >> good afternoon and thank you very much for the opportunity to discuss the centers for medicare and medicaid services efforts to reduce fraud and improper payments for power m
responsible for jurisdiction which is comprised of states from maine to washington, d.c. would also have stephen peake, ph.d, is a medical director and in the i might add, medical director for the senior care division at blue cross blue shield of tennessee. we have michael clark, jd, chief administrative officer and general counsel at the scooter store. i think this might of been the entity that i continue to see these advertisements with. and then jerome epplin, indeed, was a family...
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in an era today of what seems an ocular culture of spin in washington, few have done more to restore fiscal restraint and senator coburn. from an early age he understood the value of the dollar, and was able to help grow his small family owned business into one of national prominence. before eventually entering medical school. upon coming to washington, this businessman turned physician, successfully used his time in office to provide fiscally responsible solutions in an era lacking, i would say such commonsense, accountability. in fact during his first term in the senate, no other senator introduced more amendments to bills to fight wasteful spending, earning him the reputation of an ardent government watchdog, and a crusader or spending transparency. now, his self-imposed term limits in office reinforced his commitment to private sector solutions. this is becoming a valuable symbol against career politicians, and to that end he continues to practice medicine today on a pro bono basis. this morning, senator coburn will be discussing his recent book, the debt bomb, a bold plan to sto
in an era today of what seems an ocular culture of spin in washington, few have done more to restore fiscal restraint and senator coburn. from an early age he understood the value of the dollar, and was able to help grow his small family owned business into one of national prominence. before eventually entering medical school. upon coming to washington, this businessman turned physician, successfully used his time in office to provide fiscally responsible solutions in an era lacking, i would...
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>> just coming from listening to new york, washington, san fransisco, oakland, and i want just to say that it gives me the opportunities to say their individual and collective effort save the life of millions of people, and that is not to please them. it's to cross party effort. i said republican to democrat because we have a sense of urgency broughtly president bush. it's completely changing all of our response. we have obama brought by bringing debate, sharing responsibility, looking on stainability, ownership or just natural movement which we need to share and dallas -- i hope this message will be able to convey because american people individually in their differences need to hear they are saving life of millions of people. we have to share the burden with other countries now, and that should be the message. >> peter? >> along the same lines. save money, save millions of lives, and has also, i think, improved american image in the world to a large extent. decreasing that effort now is not only going to cost millions of lives because people will die, but also, i think, would be stu
>> just coming from listening to new york, washington, san fransisco, oakland, and i want just to say that it gives me the opportunities to say their individual and collective effort save the life of millions of people, and that is not to please them. it's to cross party effort. i said republican to democrat because we have a sense of urgency broughtly president bush. it's completely changing all of our response. we have obama brought by bringing debate, sharing responsibility, looking on...
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in february 1946 churchill flew from missouri to washington to meet truman. with his plane going through the worst snowstorm to hit the capital that winter. because they weren't wearing seat belts, and why would you if you're trying to smoke your cigars and drinking scotch probably, churchill and his group were thrown into the air and landed hard on the floor of the ex-military aircraft. there was no first class flatbed luxury, it seems, even for mr. winston churchill. the plane still landed safely, and once at the white house, churchill talked in earnest with truman for several hours about the speech that was to come. and as the days of february slipped away and march came up, churchill worked on the speech which had the working title of "world peace" in earnest for hours at a time. he sought input from those he trusted, showing or reading drafts to secretary of state burns, admiral william leahy, mckenzie king and british ambassador lord halifax to name just a few. halifax recalled later that the first time churchill read the draft to him, he was so passion
in february 1946 churchill flew from missouri to washington to meet truman. with his plane going through the worst snowstorm to hit the capital that winter. because they weren't wearing seat belts, and why would you if you're trying to smoke your cigars and drinking scotch probably, churchill and his group were thrown into the air and landed hard on the floor of the ex-military aircraft. there was no first class flatbed luxury, it seems, even for mr. winston churchill. the plane still landed...
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so it's been a disaster for us, and the danger is not everybody in washington figures that out. there are some people still walking around saying it was a great idea. you know, we used to have a saying, you know, there was nafta, cafta and the workers got the shafta. >> what are your goals in negotiating a new contract with ups, the largest teamster employer? >> well, i've got ken hall sitting here, and the two of us are going to negotiate this contract. we're very, very proud that this week we had, um, last week we had rank and file members in from all over the country, ups, ups freight, we had the leadership in, we've done surveys, and we have a pretty good idea where we want to go with this contract, and it's going to be, basically, we think we can get a good contract, but it's going to be more wages, it's going to be more pensions, and i think pensions are going to be an important level. we want to maintain health care. health care is, in this day and age, is tremendously important to families. they have to have health care for their families, for their wives, for their chil
so it's been a disaster for us, and the danger is not everybody in washington figures that out. there are some people still walking around saying it was a great idea. you know, we used to have a saying, you know, there was nafta, cafta and the workers got the shafta. >> what are your goals in negotiating a new contract with ups, the largest teamster employer? >> well, i've got ken hall sitting here, and the two of us are going to negotiate this contract. we're very, very proud that...
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i am from belgium and i'm currently working for the washington quarterly. i'd like to thank you both first for a very interesting talk. my question is directed to general powell who spoke of the right of self-determination of the universal right, which is not universally accepted. my question is, how can the u.s. and the e.u. respect that right while taking position in a conflict in the country, speaking about syria, that is currently confronted with a civil war where of atrocities will always be committed by both sides. although of course i understand that those atrocities are greater than once are committed by -- and how do the respect that right in a situation of a civil war? >> it's not just accepting frederick it is essentially a position of the international world. helsinki accords to the u.n., but this isn't achievable in every country that we would like it to be right now. there are a lot of countries where you don't have those kinds of rights that we have good solid relations with china, like you mention, the largest in the world. so it is an aspir
i am from belgium and i'm currently working for the washington quarterly. i'd like to thank you both first for a very interesting talk. my question is directed to general powell who spoke of the right of self-determination of the universal right, which is not universally accepted. my question is, how can the u.s. and the e.u. respect that right while taking position in a conflict in the country, speaking about syria, that is currently confronted with a civil war where of atrocities will always...
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you sign up today, if you walk, go to the recruiter downtown washington, d.c. and you sign up, assuming you are morally, physically and everything else qualified, then you're looking to sit in will recall -- because we don't have room for you. it will be eight months before we can ship, the san diego. that's an indication that young men and women want to commend. our officer retention is probably higher today than i can ever remember. it's in the '90s. i'm talking captives but and you might think captain's don't like that stuff. actually they want to stay. it's in the 90 percentile. i'll tell you what i worry about. so that's all good. and by the way, just like your brothers in the army, we've been in some pretty tough times. this is not been -- i've lost 1123 marines now, killed in action since we crossed the border in march 2003. almost 14,000 wounded so it's not been without cost. but marines know that when they sign up. and we tell them that is going to be hard. we say we're going to deploy you around the world and we've been living up to the promise. i'm n
you sign up today, if you walk, go to the recruiter downtown washington, d.c. and you sign up, assuming you are morally, physically and everything else qualified, then you're looking to sit in will recall -- because we don't have room for you. it will be eight months before we can ship, the san diego. that's an indication that young men and women want to commend. our officer retention is probably higher today than i can ever remember. it's in the '90s. i'm talking captives but and you might...
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new yorker, in "the new york times" and, i believe, that this weekend a review is coming out in "the washington post." do i have that right? >> yeah. >> so, um, thanks for coming and, again, it's a privilege to be here with wen and hear him talk about this book that has been greeted with such acclaim. so welcome, wen. >> thank you. [applause] thank you very much for coming. [applause] >> i'd like to start off by talking about the kind of coming off of the introduction, um, done a lot of journalism in your career. you are a reporter, a translator of nonfiction, you've done some translating and written and done books for that, but your first book you chose to be a memoir rather than a piece of reportage. why was that decision made? >> i think this has lots to do with the immigrant experience. as some of you are my friends here today know that i came to chicago in 1990 acting like most immigrants who first arrived in this country, and you try to get yourself assimilated, and you try to be just like any other americans. and for the first ten years i was here, i work as a journalist. you feel very c
new yorker, in "the new york times" and, i believe, that this weekend a review is coming out in "the washington post." do i have that right? >> yeah. >> so, um, thanks for coming and, again, it's a privilege to be here with wen and hear him talk about this book that has been greeted with such acclaim. so welcome, wen. >> thank you. [applause] thank you very much for coming. [applause] >> i'd like to start off by talking about the kind of coming off of...
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i'm thinking to myself, you can be the message, that we send another jewish democrat to washington? no, that's not the message. the message is that we send a republican. and then bob turner, who i never met, called and he called me up and he said let's talk about this and see if we can come to an agreement. and i said please come up, and he came up. he's a very nice guy, highly intelligent. [laughter] >> but he is. i said to him, look, i can only do this with you on the following bases. i'm sending a message to the president of my party, and you have to be sending a message to the national leadership of your party that you don't agree with them on privatizing medicare, social security and turning medicaid into a block grant. and i don't care about your other issues, but on those issues we have to have an agreement. and he said, he agreed with me on that. he doesn't agree with me. i would expect them to on every aspect of that, or of a whole host of other issues. but i wanted that made clear. and we agreed in writing that that was the key. and he kept his word and i kept my word. and
i'm thinking to myself, you can be the message, that we send another jewish democrat to washington? no, that's not the message. the message is that we send a republican. and then bob turner, who i never met, called and he called me up and he said let's talk about this and see if we can come to an agreement. and i said please come up, and he came up. he's a very nice guy, highly intelligent. [laughter] >> but he is. i said to him, look, i can only do this with you on the following bases....
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he was called to washington and asked to sign a loyalty oath. which was frankly shocking to me that that would occur. he was trying to point out some of the problem, and he was called. i was then, began kind of a mission, to see if we couldn't rattle top gages ngsa. i'm glad that las vegas came along because that toppled the entire structure which needed to go. and this time and on and i became more and more fully with some decisions that were being made, i was more and more rprise at judgment calls that were being made. inspector general, do you have any comments on this calcification and middle management at gsa that really begin to pull the curtains on aggressive oversight by removing the power of the regional administrators of any kind of supervisory authority whatsoever? >> well, senator, i think we found two data points. one with kansas city where there was an out of control regional commissioner, and many problems that you uncovered in your hearings. and another data point obvious is the western region's where we had a regional commission
he was called to washington and asked to sign a loyalty oath. which was frankly shocking to me that that would occur. he was trying to point out some of the problem, and he was called. i was then, began kind of a mission, to see if we couldn't rattle top gages ngsa. i'm glad that las vegas came along because that toppled the entire structure which needed to go. and this time and on and i became more and more fully with some decisions that were being made, i was more and more rprise at judgment...
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three professors, donald mccabe of rutgers, linda trevino of penn state, and another from washington state had been dusted research for the past decade to -- had conducted research for the past decade to follow-up on william bowers research. they became interested in college cheating because they wanted to understand the ethical inclinations of today's college students, the very people who will become tomorrow's business leaders. in 1997, there replicated the 1964 study and found only a modest overall increase in cheating. they found dramatic increase in three areas cheating on tests and exams, cheating among women, and collaborative cheating on written assignments. other large-scale studies have reinforced the notion that cheating is rampant. in a met analysis of 107 cheating studies conducted between 1970 and 1996, 70% of students on average had engaged in various cheating behavior's, including 43% who admitted to cheating on exams and 47% who admitted to plagiarism. other smaller studies have delivered similar results. in a survey at santa clara university, 83% of students admitte
three professors, donald mccabe of rutgers, linda trevino of penn state, and another from washington state had been dusted research for the past decade to -- had conducted research for the past decade to follow-up on william bowers research. they became interested in college cheating because they wanted to understand the ethical inclinations of today's college students, the very people who will become tomorrow's business leaders. in 1997, there replicated the 1964 study and found only a modest...
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papers, i think "the washington post," actually. so it unravels. this is -- it's difficult to know what harding knew about this, whether he knew this was one of the scandals that was a problem and which weighed his mind down and caused him to die. this all gets dumped in coolidge's lap. he had nothing to do with it, when he becomes president. and one of the things he does is, basically, simply get out of the way and let the justice system take its course. not -- on this issue and also on the issue of the investigation of attorney general doherty. the congress wants papers from the attorney general. does this sound familiar? and coolidge, who is very wary of upsetting what he had inherited from harding before he took office in his own right, watches this go on for a while and then finally in march 1924 says, look, they're asking for papers, you're not an honest broker in turning these things over. your focus of this -- if you're not going to cooperate, i must respectfully ask for your resignation. and he gets it. >> host: in the 2012
papers, i think "the washington post," actually. so it unravels. this is -- it's difficult to know what harding knew about this, whether he knew this was one of the scandals that was a problem and which weighed his mind down and caused him to die. this all gets dumped in coolidge's lap. he had nothing to do with it, when he becomes president. and one of the things he does is, basically, simply get out of the way and let the justice system take its course. not -- on this issue and also...
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this is what they said in the -- this is "the washington post" in 2012. a week after house budget committee chairman paul ryan said that his catholic faith inspired the republican's cost-cutting budget plan, the nation's catholic bishops reiterated their demand that the federal budget protect the poor and said the g.o.p. measure fails to meet these moral criteria. mr. president, in any moral test that i know of in any religion, you don't take from those who have the least to give it to those who have the most. i don't know of any religion that practices that as an article of faith. that you take from those that much the least -- that have the least to give to those that have the most. now, anybody that knows me knows i'm pretty conservative. i come from a business family. i have a master's in business administration. i have been throughout my career somebody who has been judged fiscally conservative, somebody that believes deeply in balancing budgets. i was the grandfather of the bowles-simpson commission, served on it proudly, was one of the 11 votes for
this is what they said in the -- this is "the washington post" in 2012. a week after house budget committee chairman paul ryan said that his catholic faith inspired the republican's cost-cutting budget plan, the nation's catholic bishops reiterated their demand that the federal budget protect the poor and said the g.o.p. measure fails to meet these moral criteria. mr. president, in any moral test that i know of in any religion, you don't take from those who have the least to give it...